Mark get awaken by his chirping beeper.  He has to bring Rachel to work with him since the babysitter has car problems.  It is going to be a hot 102 degrees in Chicago and the air conditioning is out in the hospital.  A stabbed pizza delivery man drives his truck right through the front doors of the emergency room.  We later find that it is only a small scratch.  He replies, "It was a really big knife".  A five year old girl is brought in with what appears to be congestive heart failure.  Susan's sister Chloe has come to see her.  She has lost her apartment and will need somewhere to stay.  Their parents do not want her there with them, so Susan reluctantly agrees to let her stay with her.  Ivan is back in the E.R. after shooting the guy who usually shoots him.  It is a 14 year old kid.  Ivan shot him multiple times in the back as he was fleeing the store.  The boy didn't even have a gun on him.  We find out that the little girl doesn't have congestive heart failure, she has overdosed on cocaine.  Doug right away accuses the father and calls social services.  Langworthy comes down to help Peter with the young gun shot victim.  Mark lets Rachel visit with the little girl Kanesha.  

Doug apologizes to Carol for showing up at her apartment the other day.  He ends up in the elevator along with Tag.  Tag tells him that he understands him wanting to still be with Carol.  We meet Linda Farrell, a rep for Novell Pharmaceuticals.  She comes in and acts as if she knows everyone.  She looks at their name badges and starts up a conversation with them all.  She is there to meet with Dr. Greene, but Susan brushes her off.  Doug doesn't mind speaking with her though.  Tag asks Carol to move in together again.  Susan finds her locker has been opened and some credit cards stolen.  Chloe has been at it again.  Susan asks Div to speak with her, but he declines.  Susan tells him to tell her that he is her boyfriend and he seems to get offended by it.  Ivan is really concerned about the boy he has shot.  Peter has to tell him that the boy died.  Susan gets verbally abused by an HIV patient that she had helped earlier.  He has asked her for some financial help and she refuses.  He then yells at her until Jerry comes and removes him.  Connie speaks to Doug about how he has wrongfully judged Kanesha's father of being a drug addict and letting her get into the cocaine.  Doug thinks about it and does as she suggests.  He gives the father and her older sister a drug test.  The father's came back negative, but the sister's came back positive.  He says that she has been having a hard time since her mother passed away.  He asks Doug if he has any kids and Doug replies that he had a son.  Susan comes home to find the apartment left unlock and the cat is out.  The refrigerator door is left open and the stove is on.  She walks into the living room and finds her entertainment system missing.  She sits down and cries.  Div walks in and tells her that he will talk with Chloe and get her some help.

Reviewed by Tony Conner on 09-10-2000

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